November 2014

Congratulations to Adamsdown Day Centre who, after a fantastic community campaign, have won £50 000 of Big Lottery funding that will now enable to Centre to remain open. The Young at Heart project which featured on the Peoples’ Millions on ITV Wales, demonstrated exactly why the Centre is such an important part of the community of Adamsdown. I was very happy to be involved with the …

I joined campaigners from Cardiff Citizens and Vale of Glamorgan Citizens at the Millennium Stadium to make a video letter, asking the Welsh Rugby Union to pay all of its staff – on pitch and off – the Living Wage.

This year Small Business Saturday will take place on Saturday 6th December. Small businesses are the lifeblood of our local economy. In Cardiff Central we have many small business that form the hub of communities across the city; from our famous arcades in the city centre, to Albany, Wellfield and City Road, Crwys Road and Clifton Street to name a …

This week is Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week. It is important to remember that badly fitted or poorly serviced gas appliances are very dangerous, and can kill you if not repaired. If you are living in a rented property, make sure your landlord has had the gas checked in your property in the last year. There should be a sticker on …

Parliament Week 2014 starts today and this year the theme is democracy. Young people across the UK are being invited to join in with a social media campaign running all week. You can join in by posting on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook with the hashtag #DoDemocracy and share what you’re doing to make a change, or the change you want …

On Saturday 1st November, over 60 volunteers joined us across Cardiff Central and at phone banks in our twinned constituencies. Our goal was to speak to 2015 voters in one day about the difference a Labour government would make to people in Cardiff. Thanks to the hard work of our volunteers right up until 6.45pm we made the target and …